Packer capacity has been an ongoing concern with the large hog supplies. Steve Meyer of EMI Analytics tells SFN it’s been historic…

A small plant opened in the fall of 2016 in Missouri and another facility opened in Minnesota this past April…

Another addition to U.S. packer capacity is expected to be online in the fourth quarter of 2018…
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